St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-13
THEY'RE INDIGNANT.
A Lively Time Seen in the
House Of Commons Last
Evening.
The MitehelltoWn Murders the
Principal Subject of the
Debate.
A Fatal Collision With Moon
lighters Gives the Tories
an Argument.
Burial Of Lonergan---A Slick
RaScal'S Work in SWitZ-
epland,
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
LONDON, Sept. 12.-The house of COM
mons tonight presents a lively scene.
Everyone is strung up to high pitch of
excitement. AS was expected, the ap
preparation bill was dispatched with
scant ceremony and relegated imme-
diately to committee. Sir William Yer
non Harcourt began the attack upon the
government for the recent troubles in
Ireland. He denounced the govern
ment in warm language for their course
in Ireland, and demanded that the house
be Informed as to what instructions had
been given the police regarding the
holding of meetings in Ireland. He also
desired to know if it was true that Sir
RedverS Butler had resigned the under
secretaryShip and the reason for his
doing so. The speaker then proceeded
to depict the character of the meetings
that had been held at Ennis and Mitch
elltOWn, and
CLAIMED THE RIGHT
for the Irish, in common with their
English brethern to assemble together
for the purpose of denouncing the ac-
tiOnS and policy pursued by the legisla-
ture under whose government they
were. ''SOme Tory Journals" averred
Sir William, shave suggested that ma
chine guns will be used against the
Irish, and the Times has used such lam
guage as has never before degraded the
press of free country" IT, he con-
tinued, ''the advice of the Unionist
press be followed. what between ma
chine guns, evictions and Tory land
lords,very soon few Irish will be left. If
the government believes in this policy let
them try the experiment of their new doc
trine upon the people of England. Short
work would be made of the government
if they did so, and their downfall would
be complete. The heart of England"
continued Sir William, sis with the
Irish in vindicating their rights to hold
public meetings and will support them
until justice is done. The meetings
must and will continue in all parts of
Ireland, and the government will have
their hands full in trying to suppress
them"
ITS AN ILL WIND
that blows nobody good" is saying
tragic murder fortunate then the muir
der of Constable Wheeler by moon
lighters last night in house near
EnneS is a most fortunate occurrence
for the government, coming as it does,
directly in the wake of the Mitchell
town affair, when the ministry are at
their wits end to give some reasonable
explanation of the unfortunate affray;
while they are the subject of loud de-
nunciatiOnS and low-muttered revilings
on all sides, it is eagerly seized upon by
them as legitimate excuse and COM
plete vindicatiOn for the killing of the
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send to the government. 1t proves
what they have long been anxious to es-
tablish and have sought by every
means, fair and foul, to make England
believe, namely that there is
crime in Ireland. Indeed there
is crime in Ireland, and the
difference between the crime of the po-
lice in shooting Lonergan down in cold
blood and the crime of the moonlighters
in killing Wheelan is that the former
murder was by authority, while the lat
ter are red-handed aSSaSSinS, and brand
all Ireland with the name. The killing
of the head constable was tragic affair
indeed. Wheelan, at the head of a
by eight mOOnlighterS, and Immediately
A BLOODY BATTLE
enSued. No fire arms were used at all.
They were at too close range for that,
but a hand-tO-hand encounter was
bravely fought. Wheelan was killed at
the outset by a powerful blow on the
head from bludgeOn. His fall was the
signal for determined onslaught
by his companions, who, after fearful
struggle, during which several broken
heads were received on both sides, sue
ceeded in overpowering the moonlight
ers, five of whom they captured.
Wheelan had been twenty-five years in
the police service and had been
stationed at EnneS. He leaves a wife
and five children.
In the house of commons tonight the
Tories made the5most of WheeIan's
murder and were delighted at the loop
hole it afforded them to eXculpate them
to them ON account of the Mitchell
town tragedy. Mr.. Balfour, chief
secretary for Ireland,
PINNED HIS ARGUMENT
upon this occurrence and found in it a
sufficient excuse for all the results of
the governments cOercive policy in
Ireland. Mr.. Gladstone. in answer to
the secretary, made most drastic
speech, in which he carefully drew at
tention to the difference be-
tween band of outlaws.
like moonlighters, whom every
body, including the Irish. looked down
upon and discountenanced killing a
constable, and cold-blooded and en-
tirely unwarranted attack by the police.
The venerable home ruler insisted that
previous errors, even his own, were no
excuse for the most regretable murder
at Mitchellstown. The bulk of the
speeches delivered tonight in the house
were calculated to affect the electors at
large in England if they did not the
Tory members of parliament. The
greatest crowd that has been seen in
the house during the entire session
was present tonight. The strange rs'
gallery was crowded to suffocation.
THE WOES OF ERIN.
CORK, Sept. 12.-The injuries re-
ceived by the police to-day while escort
ing Mr.. O'Brien to Jail are trifing and
will amount to nothing.
AT MitchelltOwn thousands followed
in the funeral procession of Lonergan.
The procession started about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. 1t was fully half
a mile long and was conducted in an
orderly manner. When the grave was
reached Father Mccarthy exclaimed:
"God have mercy on his soul. May he
receive more mercy in heaven than he
has received on EARTH" The vast num-
bers quietly dispersed after the funeral.
A public house riot occurred at Bally-
coree last night, which was the Occa-
sion of another conflict between the
police and the people. The police used
their clubs on the rioters, who, after a
hard tussle, compelled the police to re-
treat to their barracks, From this Sc